Clip or fastener.



No. 627,959. Patented June 27, I899.

A. G. BOWEN.

CLIP 0R FASTENER.

(Application filed u 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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ADNA Gr. BOWEN, OF NEWV YORK,'N. Y.

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SPEGIFIGA'IION forming part of LettersPatent No. 627,959, dated June 2), Application filed January 24, 1899. Serial No. 703,217. (No model.)

To all whom it fimy concern Be it known that I, ADNA G. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York,county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Clip or Fastener for Papers and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a clip or fastening for securing together sheets of paper or other material and that will admit of being readily applied and will be free from all tendency to work loose or roll laterally when in use.

By my invention the necessity of mounting the clips in rows on cards for the market is obviated, as they may be economically and loosely packed in boxes without liability of becoming entangled together in groups, the construction of my clips being such that they remain apart independently of one another, thereby admitting .of their separate withdrawal one by one from the box as needed.

A further object of myinvention is to combine with a clip made according thereto aloop of bent wire that will permit hanging the papers on a nail or other support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of a clip or fastener constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar View of such clip provided with' a suspension-loop.

The clip is formed of a single piece of wire possessing the requisite resilience to cause the dependent arms to normally impinge on the body portions at their respective intersections.

From the point a of the arm A the wire eX- tends upwardly in an inclined direction to the rounded corner I), forming said arm, thence in a straight line to the rounded corner 0, forming the top side or shoulder B, thence downwardly in an inclined direction to the rounded corner d, forming the side C, which crosses the arm A and normally impinges against the same at the point i, thence upwardlyin a direction preferably parallel to the arm A to the rounded corner e, forming the side D, thence in a straightline in line with the top side or shoulder B to the rounded corner f, forming the top side or shoulder E, and thence downwardly in a direction preferably normally impinges against the same at the point It.

It will be seen that the-body portion comprised within the sides 13, G, D, and E has openings, any one of which is too small every way to allow any side portion of another clip to enter it in such a manner as to become entangled therewith and require disengagement before it can be used. It will also be seen that the adjacent corners b and f of the wire are normally in close contact or substantially so in order to prevent the clips when packed in boxes for the market and when in the tray from interlocking, and thus causing parallel to the side 0 to the point g, forming the arm F, which is crossed by the side D and delay and inconvenience in withdrawing them singly for use.

In Fig. 2 the two top sides orshoulders B and E of the wire are provided with indentations Z and m, formed by bending the wire upwardly slightly, and around these parts are secured the looped extremities of a wire, preferably bent to form the two sides j and 7c of a triangle, their apex serving as a loop to suspend the clip and papers secured thereby on a nail or other support.

In my construction of clip the straight broad top, sides, or shoulders B and E thereof enable paper of comparatively great thickness to be held Within the clip without subjecting the latter to undue strain, tending to impair its efficiency.

I claim- 1. A wire clip comprising the straight arms, A and F, the straight sides, B, C, D and E, the rounded corners, b, a, Cl, e and f, the arms A-and F crossing the sides 0 and D respectively and impinging thereon, and the corners b and f arranged to touch each other or substantially so, substantially as described.

2. A wire clip comprising the straight arms, A and F, the straight sides, 13, O, D and E,

the rounded corners, b, c, d, e and f, the arms tiallyan equilateral triangle intersected by the arms, A and F, any opening contained therein being smaller every way than the side portions of the said triangle, whereby the clipis prevented from entanglement, substantially as described.

3. A wire clip comprising; the straight arms, A and F, the straight sides, B, O, D and E, the rounded corners, b, c, d, e andf, the arms A and F crossing the sides 0 and D, respectively, and impinging thereon, and the corners b andfarranged to touch each other or substantially so, in which the arms A and F are caused to impinge on the sides 0 and D, respectively, by the twisting strain or torsion of said sides, the sides B and E acting as levers, the connecting sides (land D acting as torsion-shafts and held immovable at the point, d, each by the other, substantially as described.

4. A wire clip comprisin g the straight arms, A and F, the straight sides, B, O, D and E, the rounded corners, b, c, d, e and f, the arms A and F crossing the sides 6 and D respectively and impinging; thereon, and the corners b and f arranged to touch each other or substantially so, the said two sides, B and E, having indentations, land m, around which are secured the looped extremities of a piece of wire preferably bent to form the two sides, j and 7c, of a triangle and serving as a suspension-loop for the clip, substantially as described. A

ADNA G. BOWEN. Witnesses:

PHILIP J. OREILLY,

GILBERT D. WARD. 

